[MBZ] Welding Stainless exhaust?

2006-12-21 Thread dave walton

Does anyone know offhand what type of wire I should use for mig
welding the factory exhaust? This is on the 99 E300 at the rear
muffler. No rust, it just cracked off. Probably a bad weld to begin
with.

Thanks

-Dave Walton
82 240D, 87SDL, 94S350, 99E300



Re: [MBZ] Welding Stainless exhaust?

2006-12-21 Thread jwreames
Gee, thats funny. Guess what mine did about 10-15k mi ago?

The pipe itself is not stainless and totally rusted through all around where 
the muffler was welded to it. You could probably fill it in with enough 
material, but I'd think it would rust through pretty quickly now that it is 
already weakened.  B'sides Rusty will send you a new eberspaecher for $400... 
The clamp is captive on the pipe so you don't need to order a clamp.  It took 
me about a half hour to replace the pipe with the car parked straddling a curb. 

-j.
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 Does anyone know offhand what type of wire I should use for mig 
 welding the factory exhaust? This is on the 99 E300 at the rear 
 muffler. No rust, it just cracked off. Probably a bad weld to begin 
 with. 
 
 Thanks 
 
 -Dave Walton 
 82 240D, 87SDL, 94S350, 99E300 
 
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